Reverence

Reverence

17 a   Background-Condition (b)                And if you call on the Father, who ^awithout partiality judges according to each one’s work,

     b   Implication                                 conduct yourselves throughout the time of your ⁶stay here in fear;

18 a   Manner                                           knowing                          

     b   Expansion                                            that

     c   Denial                                                       you were not redeemed with ⁷corruptible things, like silver or gold,

     d   Source                                                            from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

19      Contrast                                                    but ^bwith the precious blood of Christ, ^cas of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

20 a   Background-Event (19)                                   ^dHe indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world,

     b   Contrast                                                         but was ⁸manifest ^ein these last times for you

21 a   Characterization                                                  who through Him believe in God,

     b   Characterization                                                       ^fwho raised Him from the dead

     c   Characterization                                                       and ^ggave Him glory,

     d   Purpose                                                                         so that your faith and hope are in God. (1 Peter 1:17-21)^[1]

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^a Acts 10:34

⁶ sojourning, dwelling as resident aliens

⁷ perishable

^b Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 1:2

^c Ex. 12:5; Is. 53:7

^d Rom. 3:25

⁸ revealed

^e Gal. 4:4

^f Acts 2:24

^g Acts 2:33

^[1] The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.